General-line groceries merchant wholesalers · Alabama

Sysco Central AL

Calera, AL · ~308 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.5
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Sysco Central AL runs at 160% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical General-line groceries merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Sysco Central AL: 3.5 TCR = 160% of General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Sysco Central AL safety composite

Sysco Central AL scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 74% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

63/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 3.53 per 100 workers

Safer than 74% of industry peers

DART rate
C 3.59 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Sysco Central AL: 2.6 → 4.4 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 4.4 TCR · DART/TCR 1.02× in 2017

Sysco Central AL's TCR rose 1.8 from 2.6 in 2016 to 4.4 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 1.02× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 424410 · Calera, AL ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade D · TCR 3.5 · 160% of ind

  • DART 3.6 DART
  • RANK #8/25
  • PHOTO Montgomery AL
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 24 inj
  • SIZE ~308 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Montgomery AL (0.0 TCR gap)

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Sysco Central AL in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Sysco Central AL averages 3.5 TCR (160% of the General-line groceries merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Sysco Central AL TCR series: 2016=2.6 · 2017=4.4 · BLS 2.2

Where Sysco Central AL falls in its industry

1,651 General-line groceries merchan establishments

Safer than 74% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 6.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Alabama alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 25 General-line groceries merchan employers in Alabama.

Sysco Central AL (308 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0200400600800 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Sysco Central AL
Sysco Central AL (308 employees, TCR 3.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 172 employees and a TCR of 6.1

Sysco Central AL has more employees than the General-line groceries merchant wholesal median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 6.1. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2017 4.4 3.6 15 1 0
2016 2.6 2.4 9 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

424410 · AL · Calera

1,651 General-line groceries merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,418 rated employers in Alabama with headcount on file · 30 employers in Calera, AL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Montgomery AL 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dot Foods, Inc.- IN 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR UNFI Green Bay 3.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR Albertsons Distribution 3.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE Newman Technology of Alabama, Inc. 308 FTE
STATE-SIZE 730 308 FTE
STATE-SIZE AL - Huntsville - 310 Bob Heath Drive 308 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1855-ALMOB2 308 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Service Complex 771 FTE
CITY-NEAR General Service Complex - APC 685 FTE
CITY-NEAR WM 3271 325 FTE
CITY-NEAR 3271 275 FTE
NAT-TCR IN-Indianapolis-Operating Center 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Sales - Section 21 - Charlotte, NC 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR X-Press It Inc. 3.5 TCR
NAT-TCR Washington Heights 3.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE Rockville Vaccines 308 FTE
NAT-SIZE Raleigh (NC45) 308 FTE
NAT-SIZE Teleflex Medical, Inc 308 FTE
NAT-SIZE A Small Miracle -Raleigh 308 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.